Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 126, 2016
4th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics
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Article Number | 05013 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Poster Session | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612605013 | |
Published online | 04 November 2016 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612605013
Search for space charge effects in the ICARUS T600 LAr-TPC
1 Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Italy
2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Section of Pavia, Italy
a e-mail: marta.torti@pv.infn.it
Published online: 4 November 2016
Space charge in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber is due to the accumu- lation of positive ions, produced by ionizing tracks crossing the detector, which slowly flow toward the cathode. As a consequence, electric field distortions may arise, thus hindering the possibility to produce faithful 3D images of the ionizing events. The presence of space charge becomes relevant for large TPCs operating at surface or at shallow depths, where cosmic ray flux is high. These effects could interest the next phase of the ICARUS T600 detector, which will be deployed at shallow depths as a Far Detector for Short Baseline Neutrino experiment at FNAL dedicated to sterile neutrino searches. In 2001, the first ICARUS T600 module (T300) operated at surface in Pavia (Italy), recording cosmic ray data. In this work, a sample of cosmic muon tracks from the 2001 run was analyzed and results on space charge effects in LAr-TPCs are shown.
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